Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district

The Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Hampshire District or "2nd Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the towns of South Hadley, Easthampton, Hadley and precinct 2 of Granby.[1] Democrat Dan Carey of Easthampton has represented the district since 2019.

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district.[2]

District History

The district has existed in its current form since 2011,[3] but has existed in name since at least 1970.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives

RepresentativePartyYears
James NolenDemocratic1971 to 1973
James CollinsDemocratic1973 to 1975
William CareyDemocratic1975 to 1987
Shannon O'BrienDemocratic1987 to 1993
Nancy FlavinDemocratic1993 to 2003
John Scibak[9]Democratic2003

Elections

Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.

2016

CandidatePartyVotes %
John ScibakDemocratic19,02399.3%
Others1380.7%
Blank5,056
Total24,217100%

2014

CandidatePartyVotes %
John ScibakDemocratic12,24999.1%
Others1150.9%
Blank3,735
Total16,099100%

2012

CandidatePartyVotes %
John ScibakDemocratic17,88199.3%
Others1210.7%
Blank4,786
Total22,788100%

2010

CandidatePartyVotes %
John ScibakDemocratic11,75699%
Others1181%
Blank3,168
Total15,042100%

2008

CandidatePartyVotes %
John ScibakDemocratic16,62899.7%
Others430.3%
Blank4,471
Total21,142100%

See also

Images

Portraits of legislators

References

  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  2. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (Map). 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  4. "Massachusetts Election Statistics". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  9. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Vacancies in the House
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